Urfé, Abbé d'. F Haughtily treated by Frontenac, 110. L Sulpician, arrival of, 105.
Ursulines. A religious order of women, in the Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1535 at Brescia, by Angela Merici. The order was established in France in 1584, and spread to Germany and other European countries. In 1639 four members of the order, Madame de la Peltrie, Marie de l'Incarnation, Marie de St. Bernard, and another not named, sailed from Dieppe for Quebec, where they were lodged at first in wooden huts, in what is now the Lower Town. Three years later, they took possession of the massive stone convent still occupied by the order. Index: L Establishment of convent, 8; Laval lodges with, for a time, 33; their educational work, 125; its great influence for good, 155; convent destroyed by fire, 210. F Foundation of convent, 28, 30; Marguerite Bourgeoys urged to join, 39. WM Take refuge in general hospital, 115; and render assistance there, 153; return to their convent, 237. Bib.: Les Ursulines de Québec.
Usury Laws. Sy Their repeal advocated by Sydenham, 18.
Utrecht, Treaty of. Between France and Great Britain, signed in 1713. Provided for the restoration and full surrender of all claims to the Hudson Bay Territory, to Acadia, and to Newfoundland by France; for compensation to the Hudson's Bay Company; for certain rights to fishing on the north-east coast of Newfoundland; and the possession of Cape Breton by France. Index: Ch Determines boundaries of Acadia, 18. Bib.: Hertslet, Treaties and Conventions.
Vaccination. Hd Subject discussed in Quebec Gazette, 228-231. See also Smallpox.
Vail, Edwin Arnold (1817-1885). Born in Sussex, New Brunswick. Studied medicine at Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities. Elected to the New Brunswick Assembly, 1857; Speaker, 1865, and again in 1870; a member of the government, 1883. A strong opponent of Confederation.
Vaillant. F Jesuit father, sent as negotiator to Albany, 218.
Valdes, Cayetano. Accompanied Maurelle and Galiano to North-West Coast, 1792. Index: D Explores North-West Coast, 35; meets Vancouver, 35; his journal published at Madrid, 1802, 36. Bib.: Bancroft, History of the North-West Coast.
Valinière. Hd Sulpician priest, banished for disloyalty, 128.
Vallières de St. Réal, Joseph-Remi (1787-1847). Born in Markham, Upper Canada. Called to the bar, 1812, and practised in Quebec. In 1813 elected member for the county of Chambly in the provincial Assembly, and later chosen Speaker in the absence of Papineau in England. In 1828 appointed judge of the district of Three Rivers, and in 1842 chief-justice of Montreal. Index: P Opposes Papineau in Lower Canada Assembly, 57; rivalry between the two, 57; attacked by Papineau, 169. E Appointed chief-justice of Montreal by Sir Charles Bagot, 31. BL Colborne's political antagonist, 115; elevated to the bench, 115. Bib.: Morgan, Cel. Can.; Christie, History of Lower Canada.